Driver crashes and other motorists run over him

A man died after a rollover traffic crash on U.S. 290 when he was thrown from his car and then was run over by two other drivers early Sunday morning in northwest Harris County.

The wreck occurred about 3:40 a.m. in the 24400 block of the Northwest Freeway, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said the man, whose name has not been released, was driving a red Mercury Cougar westbound on the freeway when he veered from the road and hit a guard rail. The car rolled over and the man was thrown out onto the freeway. His car came to rest on its roof in the freeway’s center lane.

Another driver who was also westbound on the freeway came upon the scene after the crash and ran over the man. The driver did not remain at the scene.

Then the driver of a Lexus who was also traveling westbound on the freeway came upon the wreck, saw the victim in lying in the road and tried to stop but could not avoid hitting the man. The driver of the Lexus remained at the scene.

A fourth motorist who was driving a Mazda 3 westbound on the freeway then slammed into the overturned Cougar and crashed into a retaining wall. The driver stayed at the scene.